Regex for parsing directory and filename

Question

I\'m trying to write a regex that will parse out the directory and filename of a fully qualified path using matching groups.

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Answer 1

Most languages have path parsing functions that will give you this already. If you have the ability, I'd recommend using what comes to you for free out-of-the-box.

Assuming / is the path delimiter...

^(.*/)([^/]*)$

The first group will be whatever the directory/path info is, the second will be the filename. For example:

• /foo/bar/baz.log: "/foo/bar/" is the path, "baz.log" is the file
• foo/bar.log: "foo/" is the path, "bar.log" is the file
• /foo/bar: "/foo/" is the path, "bar" is the file
• /foo/bar/: "/foo/bar/" is the path and there is no file.